Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Google Earth & Darfur Crisis

I just got this little snippet from a forum I visit and it is quite the example of what Google Earth can be used for!

If you have Google Earth, search for Darfur and zoom in on it. See al those flames? Those are villages destroyed and burned down. Click on of the flames and download additional information.

You will be greeted with testimonials, photos and more info on the conflict that ravished the country. Pretty grim, but what a way to bring news to our doorstep!

I applaud Google for this and I sincerely hope that this kind of "news telling" will really catch on and awaken the general public to what is really going on in the world outside their office or home!

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